Contract Specialist/Paralegal

Description

• Interpreting, applying, and explaining to others policies, procedures, instructions, and contract requirements.
• Creates, updates, and maintains contract templates, including standard agreements and specialized clauses, to reflect current legal requirements, preferred terms and best practices, and identifies potential risks associated with contract language within the templates.
• Reviews and analyzes terms and conditions of contract documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with laws and regulations to identify risks and ensure alignment with internal and external standards.
• Provides guidance and training on how to utilize and interpret the contract templates and identifies opportunities to streamline the contract process through template optimization and standardization.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to identify and address compliance issues with contract review and management.
• Assists with managing relationships with third-party vendors and service providers and liaises with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and government agencies as needed.
• Provides support to the Associate General Counsel/Property Management in conducting screening and intake of property management and various legal matters, and various administrative tasks, including legal research, document preparation, assisting in gathering information and documentation related to landlord-tenant matters and other legal issues and supporting responses to subpoenas and discovery requests, and assisting with conducting various types of research and business writing.
• Organizes and maintains the contract template repository and streamlines the contract review process.
• Provides comprehensive legal administrative support in the form of preparation, review, organization, filing, and/or tracking of legal documents, including but not limited to contracts, pleadings, and correspondence.
• Maintains the legal ticketing system and/or other legal matter management solution or platform and represents the Legal Service Center to internal Service Centers and external contacts on a variety of issues and serves as an information source to colleagues in the Legal Service Center.
• Assists with the development and update of legal processes, policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Provides administrative support, including scheduling meetings, organizing files, and preparing correspondence.

Requirements

• Process-oriented mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.).
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as contracts, real estate, or corporate paralegal at a law firm, real estate firm, or property management company or a combination of related experience.
• Ability to respond to and effectively prioritize multiple requests for service.
• Ability to work effectively, independently, and collaboratively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Familiarity with basic concepts of contract law, real estate law, property management and affordable housing, particularly experience with developing and/or managing contracts, including tracking documents through the contracting lifecycle, and contract compliance items preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies, contracts, real estate, property management, or equivalent knowledge or experience.
• Knowledge of methods, techniques, and practices of data collection, business letter writing, and research.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, including organizing own work, setting priorities, and meeting critical time deadlines.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• High level of commitment to quality of work product, organizational ethics, integrity and compliance.
• Ability to maintain a variety of filing, record keeping, and legal management systems.

Benefits

• 100% Company-Paid Life Insurance.With affordable options to elect voluntary life, critical illness, hospital care or accidental injury coverage.
• Health & Wellness Benefits. We offer plans for quality medical, dental, and vision coverage to all employees regularly scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours or more per week. HSA/FSA options are also available.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP),Childcare & Eldercare Support, Career Development and Advancement Opportunities… and more!
• Retirement planning. We offer a 401k program with a company match.
• Work-Life Balance. On top of offering 13 paid holidays per year, we have an attractive paid time off policy that includes vacation days, personal days, sick time, wellness days, summer flex time, volunteer days and early close Fridays.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance